Chapter 59
It was something that Daoist Cheongmu had once told him:
"Every movement is a way to untangle what is knotted within."
Yes, he had been explaining Internal Energy all along!
Moreover, it wasn’t about using internal energy with every single movement.
Doing so would be terribly inefficient and wasteful.
The secret verses used metaphors to hint at which Internal Energies needed to be applied — and when.
Even if the secret verses were leaked, without understanding their true intent, no one could grasp the Heart of the Art.
This was exactly why the masters taught in such a guarded, painstaking way.
Once you understood which internal flow to activate, you didn’t need long explanations about pathways or energy currents — it all became instinctively clear.
If Kwak Yeon hadn't partially mastered the usage of Internal Energy under Daoist Cheongmu’s guidance, it would have been impossible.
Without a formal martial instructor, Kwak Yeon fixed the secret verses in his mind and tirelessly practiced the Tai Chi Sword Forms — piecing together the internal flows for each technique by his own insight.
Then, on a rising summer day, as the first real heat of the season began to press down, Kwak Yeon finally completed his full interpretation of the Tai Chi Sword's secret verses.